Bishop Stang won the battle in the first half, but lost the war in the second half in an 11-7 girls lacrosse loss to Foxboro in the opening round of the Div. 2 East Sectional on Tuesday.

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Bishop Stang won the battle in the first half, but lost the war in the second half in an 11-7 girls lacrosse loss to Foxboro in the opening round of the Div. 2 East Sectional on Tuesday.

The Spartans even led 5-4 at halftime after Kyleigh Good scored with seven seconds left in the half.

"The girls were playing good defense and they were excited to be ahead at the break," Bishop Stang coach Dave Ponte said.

The sixth-seeded Warriors (15-4-0) scored two quick goals in the second half, though, to take a 6-5 lead, and that took some of the wind out of the 11th-seeded Spartans' sails.

"They came out and grabbed the momentum," Ponte said. "That took us out of our rhythm and it was hard for us to get going again."

Sophomore midfielder/attack Ally DaCosta scored a hat trick to lead the 11th-seeded Spartans (7-8-2). Good added two goals and team also got solo scores from senior midfielder/defender Andrea Rego and sophomore attack Kate Sheerin.

Junior goalie Mia Rapoza made 10 saves for the Spartans, who didn't have enough depth to keep pace with the Warriors, who notched their sixth straight win and were powered by four goals from junior midfielder Siobhan Nolan and three from junior attack Mary Beth Sweeney.

"We didn't have a lot of players on our bench, and we weren't able to sub too much," Ponte said. "We had a lot of tired players on the field. It was a very intense game and the girls left it all on the field."

Defensively, junior Erin Lester and freshman Bella Shields played strong games in front of Rapoza.

"Foxboro put a lot of pressure on our defense in the first half, but we were able to withstand that," Ponte said. "They turned their offense up a couple of notches in the second half, but we hung in there and kept playing hard. We just didn't have enough gas left in the tank to finish it off."

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